By Emily Ferguson, Westword | The second draft of Denver’s updated entertainment ordinance proposal is out, and the Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection has made some edits based on feedback from club owners, neighborhood organizations and ONE Denver, a nonprofit dedicated to the city’s nightlife.
“We have two main objectives, which are to improve the safety in Denver’s nightlife economy while we’re also reducing overregulation of entertainment,” Molly Duplechian, the department’s executive director, said during a virtual feedback meeting on May 18. “Really, the goal is that we have a Denver entertainment and nightlife scene that is vibrant, safe and thriving.”
The proposal — which is the first major update forty years — reduces the current 14 license categories to three: limited entertainment, adult entertainment and nightlife entertainment. It still includes the suggestion that a nightlife entertainment business (this does not include bars) can operate until 4 a.m. But liquor service will still be cut off at 2 a.m., since that’s a state requirement.
What’s changed
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